DIRECTOR OF NURSING, UT HEALTH RGV

DIRECTOR OF NURSING, UT HEALTH RGV

Posting Number: SRGV6448
Number of Vacancies: 1
Location: McAllen, Texas
Department: School of Medicine / Clinical Affairs
FLSA: Exempt

Scope of Job:
To provide strategic clinical leadership directing the overall operations for the nursing team and function at UT Health RGV health system. Responsibilities include all aspects of the patient experience, patient care, clinical operations, education, customer service, quality outcome management, safety, and regulatory compliance. The Director of Nursing will work in partnership with Medical Directors and the Chief Medical Officer to develop and maintain collegial and collaborative partnerships with key stakeholders across the institution to positively impact operations and patient care outcomes.

Description of Duties:

• Supervises patient care operations for nursing teams including issues related to patient flow, scheduling, patient experience, quality, safety, and the coordination of clinical research with operations.
• Develops, implements, and directs processes and systems to ensure effective, optimal, and efficient operations at clinical sites in collaboration with the Manager, Medical Director and providers.
• Anticipates operational/service barriers; develops strategies to minimize obstacles.
• Partners with Revenue Cycle to ensure efficient and timely new patient access and existing patient experience.
• Evolves the nursing team and nursing structure to match our health system’s growing healthcare offerings and needs.
• Ensures that operational practices are improved through the development, implementation, and evaluation of continuous quality improvement initiatives.
• Complies with institutional, divisional, and unit-based policies and procedures and external regulatory requirements.
• Establishes quality benchmarks and implements plans to promote the professional development of nursing staff.
• Effectively articulates the relationship between strategic goals for service quality, clinical outcomes and financial performance.
• Identifies opportunities to utilize data about performance measures and patient outcomes in conjunction with leaders at the clinical sites on target areas for priority attention.
• Ensures nursing staffing resources are adequate to support the provision of safe patient care while maintaining fiscal accountability.
• Participates in strategic planning and marketing efforts and service as a member of the institutional nursing leadership team.
• Prepares and presents presentations and reports as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervision Received:
General supervision from assigned supervisor.

Supervision Given:
Direct supervision of assigned staff.

Required Education:
Master’s degree in nursing from an accredited university.

Preferred Education:
None.

Licenses/Certifications:
Current State of Texas Nursing license (RN/APRN).

Required Experience:
Eight (8) years of clinical experience, including two (2) years in a highly responsible management position over direct patient care activities.

Preferred Experience:
None.

Equipment:
Use of standard office equipment.

Working Conditions:
Needs to be able to successfully perform all required duties. Office/Healthcare Environment; some travel and weekend work is required. UTRGV is a distributed institution, which requires presence at multiple locations throughout the Rio Grande Valley.

Other:
Ability to articulate the goals, philosophy and methods of service quality management. Excellent written and oral communication skills and analytical skills.

Physical Capabilities: N/A
Employment Category: Full-Time
Minimum Salary: Commensurate with Experience
Posted Salary: Commensurate with Experience
Position Available Date: 02/06/2023
Grant Funded Position: No
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EEO Statement:
It is the policy of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to promote and ensure equal employment opportunities for all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or protected veteran status. In accordance with the requirements of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, our University is committed to comply with all government requirements and ensures non-discrimination in its education programs and activities, including employment. We encourage women, minorities and differently abled persons to apply for employment positions of interest.

Special Instructions to Applicants:
Dear Applicant, Human Resources will not be held responsible for redacting any confidential information from the documents you attach with your application. The confidential information includes the following: *Date of Birth *Social Security Number *Gender *Ethnicity/Race Please make sure that you omit this information prior to submission. We are advising that Human Resources will be forwarding your application to the department as per your submission. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at (956)665-8880 and/or careers@utrgv.edu.

Additional Information:
UTRGV is a distributed location institution and working location is subject to change based on need.

All UTRGV employees are required to have a criminal background check (CBC). Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Substitutions to the above requirements must have prior approval from the Chief Human Resources Officer.

To apply, visit https://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/37006 jeid-42d160ea19c5d04cad497e9b2f70cf2f